It's an absurd story which is shaking up Scottish political life. All of this started in 2022 when a Scottish MP and former minister, Michael Matheson, spent £11,000 (around €12,800) on data roaming charges onhis iPadprofessional, while he was on family vacation in Morocco.
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Firstly, the latter explains having usedApple's tabletonly for work related to his constituency. He then returns to his statement and admits: his sons used the device and its connection to watch a football match between Glasgow Rangers and Celtic Glasgow.
Michael Matheson may have repaid the sum in question, but the controversy has not abated. A parliamentary committee recently ruled in favor of a ban on sitting in Parliament for 27 days as well as a suspension of salary for 54 days which generally corresponds to the 11,000 pounds spent during this trip.
The Scottish First Minister, John Swinney, who belongs to the same political party, the Scottish National Party (SNP), came to the defense of Michael Matheson. According to our colleagues atthe BBC, he does not support the sanction recommendation, judges this process“harmful”,and thinks it could bring discredit to Parliament.
This is not the opinion of Labor opposition MP Martin Whitfield, who believes on the contrary that this decision reflects the seriousness of the alleged facts.“If there were no mitigating factors, including the impact on the member and their family, the proposed sanctions would likely have been greater.”, he adds.
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